a person who asks a lot of difficult questions, especially in a way that makes you feel threatened 连续不断地发问的人；（尤指）盘问者 an officer of the inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church （天主教异端审问的）裁判人
Word Originlate Middle English: from French inquisiteur, from Latin inquisitor, from the verb inquirere (based on quaerere ‘seek’)